The New York State Archives announced on Jan. 25 that Wagner College professor Seymour Lachman’s most recent book, “The Man Who Saved New York,” has been selected as the 2011 winner of the inaugural Empire State History Book Award. The award will be given at the New York Library Association’s Empire State Book Festival Gala in April.
In announcing the award to Dr. Lachman, State Archivist Christine W. Ward said, “We are honored to have this opportunity to recognize you for your extraordinary achievement in chronicling an iconic and ultimately relevant moment in our state’s history.”
“The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Great Fiscal Crisis of 1975” is a political biography of former New York Gov. Hugh L. Carey by Professor Lachman, director of Wagner College’s Carey Institute for Government Reform, and former Newsday reporter Robert Polner, who is currently a public affairs officer at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. The book was published in July by SUNY Press’s Excelsior Editions imprint.
At one point, “The Man Who Saved New York” was Amazon.com’s #1 best-selling state and local politics book. It was the subject of a Labor Day editorial by then-gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo in the New York Daily News. For more about the book — and links to numerous reviews — visit the Carey Institute web page.
Prof. Lachman book wins major award
January 26, 2011
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